Charity Ride Diversion

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The little town of Offerman, GA has a charity ride every April for the Cancer Society. We always attend even though we're not enthused about riding in large groups with strangers. Three years ago two participants ran into one another making an emergency room trip for both. We always ride far to the rear, just close enough to keep the others in view. Today we showed up for the ride with the skies looking like rain. As more riders showed up it became clear that there were too many of the weekend "pirate" types with their annoying loud bikes. Instead of riding with the group we rode our own route over some nice roads, enjoyed a peaceful ride and dodged a few rain showers. The roadside flowers are really coming on and I did manage a couple pics before the rain started.